Laundry bag



Dec. 8, 1925- 1,564,930

- E. BOYES LAUNDRY BAG Original Filed 12, 1923 /N VEN TOR. fsTfLL A BOYES.

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Patented Dec. 8, 192 5 UNITED, STA E-S ESTELLA BOYES, OF NEW YORK, N.

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Application filed February 12, 1923, SerialNo. 618,583. Renewed September 8, 1925.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTELLA BOYES, a citizen of the United States, residing at city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Laundry Bags, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to bags for laundry and the like.

The laundry bags now in common use are generally provided with a draw string for closing the neck, and in the home they are a suspended from a hook by means of this draw string,.and, being kept closed in this manner, it is not always convenient to deposit clothing therein; J

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of a laundry bag of the type using a draw string in such a way that the bag when hung in place will be held open for the reception of clothing.

This object I accomplish by providing a bag having a closed extension or cap piece at its upper end, and arranging a horizontal slot in one side of the bag adjacent this cap piece. A rigid hanger, similar to a coat hanger, is inserted through this slot and serves as a means of supporting the bag and maintaining it spread out so that the slot will be open for the reception of clothing. A draw string is arranged in the bag be ow the slot, and when the hanger is removed from within the bag the neck of the bag can be closed by means of the draw string.-

I am aware that rigid hangers have here- 'tofore been used in connection with laundry or similar bags, but the prior devices are not such that the hanger can be inserted or removed through the slot or opening at the neck of the bag, with a draw string in the.

bag for closing the neck thereof when the hanger is removed whereby to permit the bag to be sent to the laundry, as is the ordinary laundry bag.

One form which my invention may assume is exemplified in the following description and illustrated in the accompany ing drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a bag embodying my invention, the same being shown in place on ahanger and in position for receivlng clothing.

Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the bag 1n closed position, the hanger having been previously removed. f

' Referring in detail to the accompanying drawing,-I show a bag 10 closed at lts lower end and having a closed extension or cap piece 11 at its upper end formed integral with the body of the bag. Near the upper end and formed in one side of the bagis a horizontal slot 12 extending approximately one-half the width of the bag. This slot may be reinforced at its end, as indicated at 13. Immediately below the slot is a draw string 14 fitted into the bag in any ap roved way, the ends of the string being pre erably passed out through an opening at the rear side of the bag. I

The slot 12 is of such a length that when the bag is spread out a hanger 15, similar to an ordinary coat hanger, can be inserted through the slot and its hook 16 extended up through an openin 17 in the top of the bag. So positionedt e hanger Wlll serve to support the bag and maintain the same spread out, so that the slot 12 is held open for the ready reception of clothing.

When it is desired to send the bag to the laundry the hanger is removed from within the bag, whereupon the neck of the bag can be closed by means of the draw string, thus permitting the bag to be transported as is the ordinary laund bag.

Preferably I provide a pocket 18 in one closed extension, said slot permitting thev hanger to be inserted or removed, and a hook on the hanger to extend up through an opening in the top of the bag when the hanger is in position beneath said extension, said hanger serving to support the bag and vside of the bag for the reception of. a laundry list.

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maintain the same spread out so that articles may be quickly inserted through the said slot.

2. The combination with a rigid hanger of a laundry bag having a closed extension or cap piece at its upper end, a horizontal slot in one side ofthe bag adjacent said closed extension, said slot permitting the hanger to be inserted or removed, a hook on the hanger to extend up through an opening in the top of the bag when the hanger is in position beneath said extension, said hanger serving to support the bag and maintain the same spread out so that articles may be quickly inserted through the said slot,

and a draw string arranged in the bag. immediately below the slot to close the neck ofthe bag when the hammer is removed.

3. An article. of manufacture comprising a laundry bag having aclosed extension or cap piece at its upper end and formed with a horizontal slot in one side adjacent said closed extension, said closed extension or cap piece having a small openin to ermit the book of a hanger positione wit iin to extend therethrough, and a draw stringfor the neck of the bag arranged immediately below the said horizontal slot, as and for the purposes specified.

ESTELLA BOYES. 

